Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that he hath written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
In Context
24Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.
26This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God hath nombred thy kingdome, and hath finished it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:19Moreouer the Lord wil deliuer Israel with thee into the handes of the Philistims: and to morowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lord shall giue the hoste of Israel into the handes of the Philistims.
Isaiah 14:11Thy pompe is brought downe to ye graue, and the sounde of thy violes: the worme is spred vnder thee, and the wormes couer thee.
Jeremiah 27:7And all nations shall serue him, and his sonne, and his sonnes sonne vntill the very time of his lande come also: then many nations and great Kinges shall serue themselues of him.
Luke 1:51Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30
Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →